外研版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷(4).doc

外研版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷(4)一、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分） I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 1 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 2 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 3 as I do if I hadnt been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 4. I dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 5 mean that the loss of 6 made me enjoy more of 7 I have now.Life asks us to keep making 8 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 9 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 10. My parents and my teachers saw 11 in mea potential(潜力) to live, you might call itwhich I didnt see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.The hardest12 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadnt been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 13 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 14. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 15 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.（1）A . imagine B . find C . remember D . guess （2）A . but B . though C . so D . because （3）A . myself B . life C . eyes D . blindness （4）A . that B . therefore C . happily D . deeply （5）A . seldom B . just C . hardly D . always （6）A . them B . it C . blindness D . light （7）A . that B . what C . which D . where （8）A . moments B . encouragements C . improvements D . changes （9）A . become B . change C . look D . end （10）A . brave B . lucky C . sad D . wise （11）A . something B . everything C . nothing D . anything （12）A . problem B . experience C . difficulty D . lesson （13）A . rest B . whole C . need D . last （14）A . lonely B . alone C . self D . person （15）A . company B . group C . society (社会) D . family 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共36分)2. （10分）根据短文内容，选择正确答案。CThere are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have travelled to the places, you can go and see a film, or you can read travel books.It seems that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective (主观的) ideas of travels which the writers have got themselves. These books can be useful if the writers share their travelling experiences with others. The second are those books which give a purely objective (客观的) information of things to be done and seen. If a cultured person has written such a book, then it is even more useful. The third kind are those books which are called a guide to some place. If they are good, they will describe and explain the place in detail. I think they are the most helpful for travellers. Like the first kind, they can be exciting and interesting, but their main purpose is to help the reader plan his travel in the most special way.Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must make sure that it does not describe everything as wonderful, excellent or fantastic. You must keep an open eyes on its date of publication(出版) because travel is a very practical matter and many things change quickly in the twenty-first century. Finally, you should make sure that it is easy to find the useful information for your travel.（1）The passage is written to introduce .A . mapsB . travel booksC . travel filmsD . travel places（2）The writer of the first kind of travel book gave his ideas after he .A . travelledB . read booksC . heard a lot about travellingD . surfed the Internet（3）The underlined phrase a cultured person means person with .A . a good appearanceB . a good educationC . a lot of experienceD . a lot of money（4）The date of publication must be noticed because .A . the prices of travel books may be differentB . the writers of travel books may be differentC . the information in travel books is always the sameD . the information in travel books is always changing（5）According to passage, it is best to read before travelling to a place of interest.A . the first kind of travel bookB . the second kind of travel bookC . the third kind of travel bookD . some travel articles in newspapers3. （6分）阅读理解On Thursday October 3, Adam Harper decided to stop drinking coffee. Adam is a MBA student at Harvard University. He studies long hours, gets very little sleep, so he drinks a lot of coffeeanywhere from five to six cups a day. Recently, Adam felt that drinking thus much coffee was making it hard for him to sleep at all. He also began having problems with his concentration(注意力), and complained of stomachaches. Adams doctor made this suggestions: stop drinking coffee altogether.When Adam got up on October 3, he began his day without his morning coffee. By 11:00 a.m., Adam was in a terrible mood. He was tired and had a headache. At 11:30, he had a meeting with his student advisor. In the meeting, he found it almost impossible to continue. What was going on?Caffeine, a chemical found in coffee, was most likely the reason for how Adam felt. Caffeine is a stimulant that boosts(增加) energy levels and improves concentration- but only for a short time. Lowering caffeine consumption(减少摄取咖啡因) often makes a drop in blood pressure and the result is a “coffee headache”. People who stop drinking coffee often say they feel tired and moody, and find it hard to focus.The good news is that these feeling usually pass after four and five days. During this time, doctors suggested taking some aspirin for the headache. So, if Adam can wait, in less than a week, he may be feeling much better.（1）We learn from the reading Adam . A . does researches on caffeineB . can never be feeling betterC . still drinks 5 to 6 cups of coffee a dayD . had some problems because of coffee（2）How may people feel when they stop drinking coffee? A . healthierB . uneasyC . energeticD . awaken（3）The good news shows that . A . coffee can never cause headachesB . aspirin can stop us thinking coffeeC . more and more people will give up coffeeD . Adam will be better if he stops drinking coffee4. （10分）阅读理解 If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you dont, you may get lost. If you get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Dont try to find your friends. Let them find you. You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle (吹口哨) three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three tines is a call for help.Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.If you dont think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches. Make yourself a bed with l eaves and grass.When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Dont just walk away .Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily.（1）If you get lost in the forest, you should _. A . walk around the forest to find your friendsB . stay in one place and give signalsC . climb up a tree and wait for your friends quietlyD . shout as loudly as possible.（2）Which signal is a call for help? A . Shouting one tine as loudly as you can.B . Crying twice.C . Shouting or whistling three tines together.D . Whistling everywhere in the forest.（3）When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that _. A . someone finds something interestingB . people will come and help youC . someone needs helpD . something terrible will happen（4）Before night comes, you should try to make a little house with _. A . stoneB . earthC . leaves and grassD . branches（5）Which of the following is the best title? A . Getting Water in the ForestB . Spending the Night in the ForestC . Surviving (生存) in the ForestD . Calling for Help in the Forest5. （10分）阅读理解Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her sit by her window each afternoon, sewing(针线活) or reading.After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, I wonder why that woman doesnt wash her window. It really looks terrible.”One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was seen clearly. Her window was clean! Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through(通过) my own dirty window.That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own mistakes?Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?”Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.（1）The writer couldnt see everything clearly through the window because _.A . the womans window was dirtyB . the writers window was dirtyC . the woman lived nearbyD . the writer has short sight（2）The writer was surprised that _.A . the woman was sitting by her window each afternoon, sewing or readingB . the womans window was clean as soon as he washed his own windowC . the woman did cleaning in the afternoon, so the writer could see the woman clearlyD . the womans window was still terrible after he washed his own window（3）“It dawned on me” probably means “_”.A . I began to understand itB . it cheered me upC . I knew the womans window grew lightD . it began to get dark（4）Its clear that _.A . the writer didnt meet the woman agoB . the writer often washed the windowC . they both worked as cleanersD . they lived in a small town（5）From the passage, we can learn _.A . one shouldnt criticize others very oftenB . one should often make his windows cleanC . one must judge himself before he judges othersD . one must look at others through his dirty windows三、 单词拼写 (共2题；共20分)6. （10分）根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出空白处单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。It was not long that I learned how important happiness was to life.On that day I went with my mum to the bank. I was bored. _ (突然), a man dressed in old clothes caught my eyes. He was sitting between the doors of two factories. He was homeless, I was not _ (感兴趣的), for I had seen many like him before.Compared with other beggars, he was _ (不同的) in some way. This man was not sitting down with a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was enjoying listening to the music happily. The radio _ (似乎)to be the best thing he had.“Mom, why does that man have a radio even _ (尽管) hes homeless?” I asked.“He _ (买) it ,” she replied.“But if hes homeless with an _ (空的) stomach, why doesnt he use the money to buy food or clothes? He _ (浪费) it on something he doesnt need. ”“ Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes arent the _ (最) important things. We need happiness, too.”That man must care enough about music to buy a radio _ (代替) of food or clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it, theres nothing to look forward to.7. （10分）语法填空The first thing people notice about other people is the way they look. If you look clean, people_(feel) as if you are a hard-working person. A nice look shows that you value_(you). A nice look doesnt mean you have to spend a lot of money_clothes or accessories(配饰). Someone can look uncomfortable in_expensive suit if they dont brush their hair or clean their clothes. Someone else can seem to be good-looking in an old shirt and pants that has been cleaned. Besides, its also important _(consider) if your look is suitable for the situation. You may look lovely in your party clothes or feel _(confidence) in your business suit,_these would look out of style in a more casual(随便的) situation such as at a picnic or at the movies. Its important to be comfortable in _youre wearing, but you also need to fit in with what other people will be wearing. Wear suits for _you and the situation best: jeans and T-shirts are fine for friends and _(movie); a nice shirt and pants are more suitable for work.四、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)8. （5分）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空.。每词仅用一次，每空一词。 win laugh dentist cheap your（1）I was glad that Frank was the _ of the talent show. （2）Tom is very funny , he always makes us _. （3）In Sunhoh Supermarket , you can buy the _food . （4）As a student , you must do your homework by _. （5）I have some problems with my teeth, maybe I should see a _. 五、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共3分)9. （3分）阅读理解We spent this holiday with our uncle. He loved to go on walks to collect stones. One day, he bought us backpacks(背包） and asked us to go to the mountain with him and carry the stones.The whole day we walked around. Every now and then he put stones in our bags. To our surprise, he als